Are you afraid of the darkness?

Apparations

Your feet fly down the corridor as you stumble on the staircase. Rent free wasn't on your mind as you crash into the front doors. The knobs turn once and are jerked back into place as the metal stops with a click. You pull at the doors with no success.

"Help me!!" you shriek, hoping your friend will hear you.

Your body slams at the door, trying to at least get her attention. You mistakenly look behind you as Thomas casually ascends the stairs to the first floor. You run into the saloon as you pull the doors shut, you push the piano into the doors with all your might. You don't remember any way out except for the front door.

You mind a candle stick and settle for the window as you smash the silver into the glass, as soon as you feel the cold air, you scream for your life. The glass that hits the floor lifts up to the window sill and repairs itself.

A loud thud thunders on the saloon door as you run for the next set of doors. You forget which way you're going until you end up in a long room meant as a servant's quarters. You hear his breath at the beginning of the dark room.

"So swift, my dear, but I regret to state that I know the Manor more than you do."

"God, please show me the way out."

You duck behind a set of curtains and hold them in place so he won't find you.

"Your God is not here, child. I can smell your innocence, your light. Pray a little more so that I will find you easier. You will enjoy what happens if I do, imagine tenfold of where you slumbered."

You do as you close your eyes and remember the way he was over you in the bedroom. His hands still roam over you, pulling at your clothes and pinching your skin. You hand falls to the front of your shorts, unbuttoning them and playing with the curls as you linger near the edge of your tights.

"That's it," you hear him whisper, "Lower."

You obey, finding yourself wet as your head hits the wall with a soft thud. You head clears instantly and you realize he's in front of you on the other side of the curtain.

"I can easily smell the dark desires dripping from your fingertips as they would if I were to pry your beautiful thighs ajar."

You push him back and run for the nearest door before it can close. A metal winding staircase calls to you without another thought. You find yourself in the library as bookcases of novels surround you. You hear something as you set into a run. Remy must have gotten in somehow. You follow the cries around the bookcases until you see someone leaning against the wall. You shine your phone to get a better view.

"Hello?"

There was a woman moaning as she clutches her dress. She is pushed up the wall by something unseen, her dress skirts pushed up to her waist.

"My only sister, she was the first. Wasn't she beautiful?"

The woman cried out, scratching at the wall as something invisible spread her nether lips and filled her. Her whimpers were silenced as she grabbed at her throat. Thomas appeared between her legs as he bucked into her. His hand squeezed her throat until she fell limp all together.

Your feet set off in the other direction from the library double doors as you find another girl. This one, long blonde hair and naked to the house, is bent over the railing of the stairs. Her hair knots up in a mess as she's pulled back by her mane. You run down the stairs for your safety as Thomas appears behind this one. He gives you a wink as he licks his lips and pushes her over the side of the stairs. Her body almost falls on you as you hear her hit the ground with bones piercing out of her skin.

You run for the kitchen hopefully to find a weapon to defend yourself from Thomas. The mold hits your nose hard as you try not to vomit from the smell. A brunette is on her knees as her hands are tied behind her back. Her heaving chest is naked and spit runs down her chin as he fucks her face hard, he hunches over as he comes down her throat. He pulls his cock away as he reaches over a grabs a knife. You run away as Thomas grabs the girl by her hair, knowing what happens next.

You fly up the steps to the second floor, then the third. More girls, more sexual positions, more moans and screams and more death with blood rushing down their skin as they all die.

Beautiful, satisfied young women all seconds before their death. Strangled with neck ties, slit throats, drowned and clubbed to death. You lose your wits trying to block them all out, not realizing you climb steps higher and higher until the attic door slams shut behind you. Thomas stands fully clothed with his hands folded in front of him as he smiles somewhat honestly.

"Leave me alone!"

"That is a bit rude, my dear. After I've shown you my lovely home."

Your phone dies instantly and a sea of candles light around the dark attic walls. Red sheets hang from the ceiling as he steps towards you with a look of love in his eyes.

"Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me."

"Prayer will get you nowhere but where I tend to lead you."

A noise catches you as you turn to a desk at the edge of the attic. The corpse of a woman lays dead on her back as her breasts and legs are exposed. Her blonde hair and yellow dress stand out from her dead blue skin. Maggots fall from the corpse as you finally give in and get sick on an end table.

"My wife," he says with some distain, "I couldn't leave her unsatisfied. She was, they all were unfit for what I had in store."

"They still here, aren't they?"

"They are. The men are too fueled with anger to search properly."

"What happened to the bodies?"

"As I said, they are here."

The sheets fall with a few catching fire from the candles. Rotting bodies detach to the ceiling as you scream in horror. You are convinced God has confined you to this hell as the bodies fall around you, one by one. Two of the corpses fall on you as you fight to run for the other side of the attic. The wood creaks and breaks under your feet as you fall. Your hands grab onto the boards as you hang to whatever you can. Wood pieces dug into your skin and blood starts flowing from the pads of your hands, down your arms.

"Will you let me save you?"

"God, please help me."

"He is not here, child."

He grabs you by your hair as you howl in pain to get him to let go. You pull away and fall into the room below, as your body crashes into the hallway. The wind has completely left your body, leaving you weak and your body is screaming in extreme pain. You head darts around and see all of the charred black wood. You fell into the burned part of the house and knew if you weren't careful from this point on, you were going to die. The floor boards creak around you as you try to crawl to the next door.

"Help," you croak.

"Such a big house. You would love it here."

"No," you sob.

You wanted to live as you pull yourself in the hall and the staircase is within your reach. You see bright flashing lights and hear the door pounding as someone is trying to get in. You take in a breath like it was your last one.

"REMY!!"

"Please don't leave me. I've been alone for far too long. I want you, to stay."

You turn and are face to face with Thomas as he kneels to you with sadness in his eyes. You had been running for your life, seeing the horrors this man had caused to the girls and still you didn't want to leave him. There is a tender moment in him as his finger brushed over your cut cheek. He presses a kiss to your lips, filling you with warmth and you ignore the loud bang as people rush into the house.

"I'm sorry, Thomas."

You close your eyes and reach the top of the stairs. A policeman's flashlight finds you as you slip out of consciousness.